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Inmate tries to escape through ACH ceiling

Hurst By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Police Department officials reported last week that a Monroeville man, held in the city jail for his involvement in an October 16 domestic incident, now faces additional charges after he tried to climb through Atmore Community Hospital’s ceiling after being taken there by ambulance.Police reports indicate that the incident began around noon on October 18, when 27-year-old Savon Hurst was taken by ambulance…

Fugitive Fla. murder suspect ID’d

Coleman By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police have identified the Florida murder suspect who was arrested here October 18 while officers were investigating a reported domestic incident.City police responded around 5:40 a.m. to a residence in the 100 block of Marshall Avenue, from where the complaint originated.They contacted the victim, who had scratches on her neck and arms. The woman told police her boyfriend, Jason Coleman, 38, of Pensacola,…

Man arrested with burglary tools after trying to elude police

Stallworth By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A 63-year-old Atmore man was arrested October 17 on several charges after he fled from police who were investigating a reported burglary.According to Atmore Police Department reports, officers were sent to a residence in the 200 block of South 21st Avenue at approximately 10:30 p.m.When they arrived, they learned that the suspect, later identified as Jackson Stallworth, was “blacked out in his vehicle” in…

Family members rescued child from pool, revived her

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although paramedics from Poarch Creek Indians Fire Department and MedStar EMS eventually took over medical care of a young girl recently pulled from a hotel pool, it was members of the 11-year-old victim’s family who actually rescued her from the pool and got her breathing again.The near tragedy happened Saturday, October 15, just before 4 p.m., at Atmore’s Hampton Inn.“We were having a birthday dinner…

Council approves action against nuisance properties

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council members hustled through a single-item agenda Monday (October 24), spending less than 3 minutes in session, from opening prayer to closing gavel.In the only public business conducted by the council during the 2-minute, 42-second meeting, the panel gave a unanimous green light to moving forward with making several eyesore properties more aesthetically palatable and less likely to attract pests.The council action comes…